No plans, not much to do until Thing 2 gets off of work, and did some grocery shopping. After that we are going to attempt to paint the bathroom. Not sure what colors yet, I'll leave it up to Thing 2.
Over half way through the second reading of Ready Player One, again just as brilliant the first time I read it!
Other than that, not much is going on:) And it's nice!
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
We Made It!
A rainstorm hit at the right time last night and I slept all night through, I know The Date did as well, we were both exhausted after our workdays. I didn't make much in the way of supper, just grilled some hot dogs and opened a can of Bush's baked beans. Simple but man that's darn effective and filling!
I hear the birds singing outside this morning , welcoming the promise of a new day. It's nice, it'll be a nice day. Jet and Lydia are playing on the couch, they are both black so it's hard to tell anything is going on except you can hear them. The older cats are thinking about nap time after their breakfast and a long hard night of sleeping.
I'm close to half way finished with Ready Player One already. It's just so good that you really find yourself getting lost in it easily. It's interesting to see how Wade Watts deals with instant celebrity after finding the copper key and clearing the first gate. Everyone knows who he is and everyone either wants help or something from him. It's interesting for sure! I'll be finished with it this weekend, easily.
Enjoy your weekend!
I hear the birds singing outside this morning , welcoming the promise of a new day. It's nice, it'll be a nice day. Jet and Lydia are playing on the couch, they are both black so it's hard to tell anything is going on except you can hear them. The older cats are thinking about nap time after their breakfast and a long hard night of sleeping.
I'm close to half way finished with Ready Player One already. It's just so good that you really find yourself getting lost in it easily. It's interesting to see how Wade Watts deals with instant celebrity after finding the copper key and clearing the first gate. Everyone knows who he is and everyone either wants help or something from him. It's interesting for sure! I'll be finished with it this weekend, easily.
Enjoy your weekend!
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Almost Done
Today and tomorrow and the week will be over with. Yesterday wasn't as bad as I thought it would have been. The morning was pretty quiet actually while the afternoon really took things to a new level of busy!
I suspect today will be fairly busy. That's ok, the day will fly by I hope!
Going to read Ready Player One again over War and Peace. Perhaps in retirement I'll tackle War and Peace again but for now I'm fine knowing I made it as far as I did. Fifty pages of that book is the equivalent of a full adult novel or all of the Twilight books combined.
As March winds down and we head into April I've already mowed like four times. We put down a weed and feed and things just exploded. I was hoping for more of a dead weed look in the yard like after spraying things with Roundup. I guess I don't know how these things work. The guys at work says it burns the weeds by them growing too fast or something along those lines and that they'll go away but not as fast as from a spray.
I suspect today will be fairly busy. That's ok, the day will fly by I hope!
Going to read Ready Player One again over War and Peace. Perhaps in retirement I'll tackle War and Peace again but for now I'm fine knowing I made it as far as I did. Fifty pages of that book is the equivalent of a full adult novel or all of the Twilight books combined.
As March winds down and we head into April I've already mowed like four times. We put down a weed and feed and things just exploded. I was hoping for more of a dead weed look in the yard like after spraying things with Roundup. I guess I don't know how these things work. The guys at work says it burns the weeds by them growing too fast or something along those lines and that they'll go away but not as fast as from a spray.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Snowball Is Rolling Again
Last night The Date and I got our bills together once again and put them in order and started the snowball once again. With both of us working full time we'll have these hammered out in no time at all! I don't have exact dates figured yet but it won't take long.
I'm by myself from now until the seventeenth at work. Thirteen work days and it'll be hectic! I know the phone will ring off the hook constantly, that's the way it goes when there is one of us to man everything. Just the way it goes. He's earned the leave, it's part of our compensation for working there and you are free to use it whenever you wish.
War and Peace isn't going so well. I am roughly fifty pages in and it's a staggeringly deep novel and possibly too much challenge for me right now. I'm having a hard time concentrating on it, dense Russian literature isn't easy. I will probably have to postpone War and Peace and go with something a bit more fluffier right now. I've got a bajillion classic novels on my Kindle so it'll be easy to choose something a bit easier and then tackle War and Peace in the future. I'll browse my Kindle app today at work and see what I've got on there!
I'm by myself from now until the seventeenth at work. Thirteen work days and it'll be hectic! I know the phone will ring off the hook constantly, that's the way it goes when there is one of us to man everything. Just the way it goes. He's earned the leave, it's part of our compensation for working there and you are free to use it whenever you wish.
War and Peace isn't going so well. I am roughly fifty pages in and it's a staggeringly deep novel and possibly too much challenge for me right now. I'm having a hard time concentrating on it, dense Russian literature isn't easy. I will probably have to postpone War and Peace and go with something a bit more fluffier right now. I've got a bajillion classic novels on my Kindle so it'll be easy to choose something a bit easier and then tackle War and Peace in the future. I'll browse my Kindle app today at work and see what I've got on there!
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Busy Day
Yesterday was pretty busy despite my coming home six and a half hours early to go to Urgent Care for a sinus infection. I'd had just one too many sinus headaches over the past two weeks and enough was enough. I took the bathroom door off of the hinges and sanded the bottom smooth to shut over the new threshold R installed, got the final adoption papers filed with the lawyer, took Thing 2 to the doctor and got her some medicine for a bronchial infection, checked on a car for her with the bank, and last but certainly most important had lunch with my honey!
That is a rare treat, especially now that we are both full timers but what a treat it was:) How often do you get to set down with your spouse and have lunch? You can talk about your morning, while mine wasn't all that whippy hers was pretty good and made mine feel better!
We ate at BWW, the first time in a long time. We had the lunch specials with boneless wings! A nice combo along with your wife's company:)
Wednesday is when I'll be alone at my shop for nearly two weeks as my coworker is going to two cooking contests. One in Las Vegas and one in Tucson. It'll be a busy couple of weeks but I'm fine with that. He's pretty good and has a good chance to make it into a bigger contest. These are winner advances to the next round contests. He's taught me a lot about smoking and we talk over recipes and cooking techniques quite often. I'm a better griller but he's a better smoker!
That is a rare treat, especially now that we are both full timers but what a treat it was:) How often do you get to set down with your spouse and have lunch? You can talk about your morning, while mine wasn't all that whippy hers was pretty good and made mine feel better!
We ate at BWW, the first time in a long time. We had the lunch specials with boneless wings! A nice combo along with your wife's company:)
Wednesday is when I'll be alone at my shop for nearly two weeks as my coworker is going to two cooking contests. One in Las Vegas and one in Tucson. It'll be a busy couple of weeks but I'm fine with that. He's pretty good and has a good chance to make it into a bigger contest. These are winner advances to the next round contests. He's taught me a lot about smoking and we talk over recipes and cooking techniques quite often. I'm a better griller but he's a better smoker!
Monday, March 26, 2012
Off To Another Workweek
Thanks to a fine meal cooked by Crime Reporter last night I still feel stuffed! We had burgers, baked beans, pasta salad, chips, and red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting! All outside under a tree with a noisy bird in it.
That was a good time!
The bathroom is nearly finished, many thanks to R for putting the great new tile down! There are a couple of details left like painting and such. If the neighbor comes through tonight I'll start sanding the upstairs floor. He said his company has a floor sander and would bring it home with no problems. He's a good neighbor!
The Date is now on recovery from the show, she'll have post show blues for a few days but she'll also be able to heal up from lots of bumps and bruises she received from the show. Ankle, knees, elbows, shoulders, and other assorted booboos. I'm glad we got to do the show though, it was a fun one! Set strike went quickly yesterday, taking things apart is much faster than putting them all together! As far as I know the next show will start building their set next weekend. The Date is doing costumes for that show so it'll be a easy transition from the post show blues for her:)
That was a good time!
The bathroom is nearly finished, many thanks to R for putting the great new tile down! There are a couple of details left like painting and such. If the neighbor comes through tonight I'll start sanding the upstairs floor. He said his company has a floor sander and would bring it home with no problems. He's a good neighbor!
The Date is now on recovery from the show, she'll have post show blues for a few days but she'll also be able to heal up from lots of bumps and bruises she received from the show. Ankle, knees, elbows, shoulders, and other assorted booboos. I'm glad we got to do the show though, it was a fun one! Set strike went quickly yesterday, taking things apart is much faster than putting them all together! As far as I know the next show will start building their set next weekend. The Date is doing costumes for that show so it'll be a easy transition from the post show blues for her:)
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Closing Night
It went well enough, the audience was the smallest of the lot and a bit more subdued than previous shows. With that said they still hit their laugh lines and still had a good time!
A fine show run and a fun show!
I picked up two scrips for Night of the Living Dead last night as well. This is going to be my show this coming October and I'll have auditions this summer so I can shoot the video parts with the actors and get it all edited.
Yes, this is going to be a fine stage directorial debut. The video/live action combination will be a great addition to this show! It's fairly short and is one single act, however this will be an added advantage in that there will be no intermission and once the show starts, we have the audience until it ends! Even if it were longer I'd probably still consider running straight through with no intermission. Horror movies just work better that way and this would be no different in that respect.
I'll put on a memorable show, that I promise!
A fine show run and a fun show!
I picked up two scrips for Night of the Living Dead last night as well. This is going to be my show this coming October and I'll have auditions this summer so I can shoot the video parts with the actors and get it all edited.
Yes, this is going to be a fine stage directorial debut. The video/live action combination will be a great addition to this show! It's fairly short and is one single act, however this will be an added advantage in that there will be no intermission and once the show starts, we have the audience until it ends! Even if it were longer I'd probably still consider running straight through with no intermission. Horror movies just work better that way and this would be no different in that respect.
I'll put on a memorable show, that I promise!
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Last Show
Last night a great audience! They laughed at everything and loved the show! Tonight is the last chance to see Wrong Window!
Awesome day out, bordering on hot and air conditioner weather but I'm sure we'll resist. Starting the search for a car for the soon to be sixteen year old Thing 2. Looking in the VW arena of cars available. Dependable, fairly priced, great mileage, and safe. Sounds like a perfect fit!
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Awesome day out, bordering on hot and air conditioner weather but I'm sure we'll resist. Starting the search for a car for the soon to be sixteen year old Thing 2. Looking in the VW arena of cars available. Dependable, fairly priced, great mileage, and safe. Sounds like a perfect fit!
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Friday, March 23, 2012
Two Full Weeks!
Today is two full weeks of my honey working her full time dream job! Yesterday she had everything all to herself as her boss was gone for the day. She's really loving the way the show is going and has been really busy.
Tonight is the start of the closing weekend of the show Wrong Window. The comedy Hitchcock spoof that is very good and The Date has a really funny role in it! Well actually all of the roles are funny but I'm biased:)
Tonight, tomorrow night and that's it folks! Get your tickets to the show!
I received a tenth cigar bomb yesterday too! It had, ten premium cigars in it! Top shelf stuff too. I've got a tremendous selection and LOTS of extras to go around. So if any of you are interested in having a cigar, let me know or interested in learning the art of smoking cigars, again let me know and I'll hook you up!
Tonight is the start of the closing weekend of the show Wrong Window. The comedy Hitchcock spoof that is very good and The Date has a really funny role in it! Well actually all of the roles are funny but I'm biased:)
Tonight, tomorrow night and that's it folks! Get your tickets to the show!
I received a tenth cigar bomb yesterday too! It had, ten premium cigars in it! Top shelf stuff too. I've got a tremendous selection and LOTS of extras to go around. So if any of you are interested in having a cigar, let me know or interested in learning the art of smoking cigars, again let me know and I'll hook you up!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The Ninth Bomb
Yes, one more box of cigars arrived yesterday! The ninth! It contained ten very premium cigars too! A couple are pretty hard to find. Awesome selection and another amazing gift from some generous brothers!
That's one of the amazing things about the cigar community, everyone helps everyone. They love sending boxes to people and the troops with their favorite cigars. They love adding this and that in there and surprising people!
The Cigar Asylum fits in with my natural generous tendencies and I'm considering joining one of their fantasy baseball leagues. I don't watch baseball but my humidor is overflowing and there is a cigar entry fee so it'd be a chance to send off some nice cigars to the troops and get some extra room in my humidor for the two entire boxes of cigars I still have!
I'll probably do it, it's only a five cigar donation for the troops and five for the winner.
All in all I'm really enjoying the cigar hobby and I've literally got more than I can smoke in a year at my slow pace of smoking them!
That's one of the amazing things about the cigar community, everyone helps everyone. They love sending boxes to people and the troops with their favorite cigars. They love adding this and that in there and surprising people!
The Cigar Asylum fits in with my natural generous tendencies and I'm considering joining one of their fantasy baseball leagues. I don't watch baseball but my humidor is overflowing and there is a cigar entry fee so it'd be a chance to send off some nice cigars to the troops and get some extra room in my humidor for the two entire boxes of cigars I still have!
I'll probably do it, it's only a five cigar donation for the troops and five for the winner.
All in all I'm really enjoying the cigar hobby and I've literally got more than I can smoke in a year at my slow pace of smoking them!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
American Horror Story
Well after it setting on the DVR for months I got around to watching this show the past two nights. It was pretty good, like a long rated R ghost story. It was violent but not as bad as Sons of Anarchy believe it or not.
All in all it was a very well written show, the twists at the end really made it shine but it was solid all the way through. Not for everyone though, not at all.
It's Wednesday and by all accounts should be a pretty nice day out. Our inspection at work has gone well, I've had two over the shoulder inspections so far. They literally stand by you and watch you work. I passed without any problems or discrepancies. Pretty good for someone that's been there nearly twenty years!
I mean I should know how to do this stuff with my eyes closed, well I do. A lot of things I'm not very good at, the list is numerous but the things I do know how to do, I'm pretty darn good at!
All in all it was a very well written show, the twists at the end really made it shine but it was solid all the way through. Not for everyone though, not at all.
It's Wednesday and by all accounts should be a pretty nice day out. Our inspection at work has gone well, I've had two over the shoulder inspections so far. They literally stand by you and watch you work. I passed without any problems or discrepancies. Pretty good for someone that's been there nearly twenty years!
I mean I should know how to do this stuff with my eyes closed, well I do. A lot of things I'm not very good at, the list is numerous but the things I do know how to do, I'm pretty darn good at!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Rolling Through The Week
It's Tuesday and we've got an inspection underway. It's a major inspection and there's a lot riding on it from our and the company's best interest. So far we are doing just fine but again it's just underway.
I received four more boxes of cigars yesterday, I'm not kidding. One box had two full boxes of cigars in it! It's been crazy! I'm totally speechless! I guess it means you can practically live in an online community as well. The Cigar Asylum town is a pretty nice place to hang out!
There's a lot of very cool and generous cigar smokers there and they are all willing to help a guy out! They send constant care packages to the troops via donations and funds out of their own pockets, they "bomb" unsuspecting people such as myself just because they can. They are fast to help and slow to anger, who could ask for a better group of people?
I received four more boxes of cigars yesterday, I'm not kidding. One box had two full boxes of cigars in it! It's been crazy! I'm totally speechless! I guess it means you can practically live in an online community as well. The Cigar Asylum town is a pretty nice place to hang out!
There's a lot of very cool and generous cigar smokers there and they are all willing to help a guy out! They send constant care packages to the troops via donations and funds out of their own pockets, they "bomb" unsuspecting people such as myself just because they can. They are fast to help and slow to anger, who could ask for a better group of people?
Monday, March 19, 2012
Rainy Day
This morning I got up, showered, put a roast and veggies in the crock pot, let the dog out, fed the herd of pets, and I'm making coffee while I'm blogging! The Things are on spring break so I'm not taking Thing 2 too school this morning. I'll kind of miss it for a week, it's nice to get up at the same time and have bonding moments while we are getting coffee in the mornings.
The radar shows it's going to rain or sprinkle at least most of the day. Fine by me, we need it. We have no show or rehearsal tonight so we won't have much to do this evening but chill out and rest! It'll be nice!
We'll get home at roughly the same time, by then the roast will be done, and we'll just be able to enjoy each other's company for the evening! Something we've haven't had an abundance of the past three years, evening time when families are traditionally together after work.
Last week was pretty nice but we also had tech week to go to every evening along with a show on Friday and Saturday. This week we really don't have anything until Thursday to do! Talk about nice!
The radar shows it's going to rain or sprinkle at least most of the day. Fine by me, we need it. We have no show or rehearsal tonight so we won't have much to do this evening but chill out and rest! It'll be nice!
We'll get home at roughly the same time, by then the roast will be done, and we'll just be able to enjoy each other's company for the evening! Something we've haven't had an abundance of the past three years, evening time when families are traditionally together after work.
Last week was pretty nice but we also had tech week to go to every evening along with a show on Friday and Saturday. This week we really don't have anything until Thursday to do! Talk about nice!
Sunday, March 18, 2012
House Hunting
We decided we'd take in a couple of open houses today. The house we were mainly interested in was sold before the open house even opened. The other two were similar to stepping back into the late sixties. Pink tile and all of that. All in all it was a bit disappointing.
It was a cool day, we didn't do a whole lot. The evening is being spent watching Frozen Planet on Discovery! Love these wildlife shows!
The show last night went well other than a couple of distracting distractions in the audience. A couple of loud elderly ladies in the front row couldn't help but telling each other and the cast about how much they disliked the show. Then the dreaded cell phone user who didn't turn their phone off before the show.
But the cast was on regardless and tech went well:)
It appears as if we'll have quite a storm headed our way and should be here in a couple of hours. Love sleeping in the rainy evenings! This was a good weekend:)
It was a cool day, we didn't do a whole lot. The evening is being spent watching Frozen Planet on Discovery! Love these wildlife shows!
The show last night went well other than a couple of distracting distractions in the audience. A couple of loud elderly ladies in the front row couldn't help but telling each other and the cast about how much they disliked the show. Then the dreaded cell phone user who didn't turn their phone off before the show.
But the cast was on regardless and tech went well:)
It appears as if we'll have quite a storm headed our way and should be here in a couple of hours. Love sleeping in the rainy evenings! This was a good weekend:)
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Slice Of Heaven
Opening night was great, the audience was so into the show! They laughed at everything! There were times when there weren't even laugh lines and they chuckled! It was very very good! The gathering after the show was a lot of fun as well! We just hung out at Pan's and had snacky food.
The actors were ON, everything flowed, the show ran great! I'm proud of my Honey and the rest of the cast!
The Date went and sang Karaoke after with a couple of the cast mates and R. Thing 2 had to go to work early this morning so I took her home and hit the hay! It was a long day but a darn good day!
The Date's first week of work went far better than expected, she's really loving her job! She's learning the radio terminology and the products they offer. She's getting her new responsibilities down and she's going to fit right in! She absolutely loves her new job! She's always been a spectacular idea person however now she actually gets paid to implement those ideas! How cool is that?!
Now for the least of what good happened this past week, I posted on Cigar Asylum, my online message board go to site for everything cigars, about wanting to use my last Walmart paycheck to fill up my humidor! Well one of the veteran posters decided to send me a box of cigars and told me to keep my last check. Well all of a sudden a few others get on board and Friday I wind up with four boxes of cigars! FOUR BOXES!
Around ninety cigars headed my way from four different brothers on the board! Not only that but Icehog3 (who got the ball rolling) said he was pretty sure it wasn't finished yet! How generous these guys are huh? That's why I love the cigar community, they are all about sharing what they enjoy with others, it lends itself nicely to my nature as I love to share what I enjoy with others as well.
Good Lord above my humidor is full and I'm heading over to Beersnob's later on to share my new found bounty with him. He helped me with my cigar smoking activities through the rough times and I'm going to return the favor and stock up his humidor today!
This morning I sat out in the yard, watched the sunrise and enjoyed a Rockey Patel robusto to welcome the day!
The actors were ON, everything flowed, the show ran great! I'm proud of my Honey and the rest of the cast!
The Date went and sang Karaoke after with a couple of the cast mates and R. Thing 2 had to go to work early this morning so I took her home and hit the hay! It was a long day but a darn good day!
The Date's first week of work went far better than expected, she's really loving her job! She's learning the radio terminology and the products they offer. She's getting her new responsibilities down and she's going to fit right in! She absolutely loves her new job! She's always been a spectacular idea person however now she actually gets paid to implement those ideas! How cool is that?!
Now for the least of what good happened this past week, I posted on Cigar Asylum, my online message board go to site for everything cigars, about wanting to use my last Walmart paycheck to fill up my humidor! Well one of the veteran posters decided to send me a box of cigars and told me to keep my last check. Well all of a sudden a few others get on board and Friday I wind up with four boxes of cigars! FOUR BOXES!
Around ninety cigars headed my way from four different brothers on the board! Not only that but Icehog3 (who got the ball rolling) said he was pretty sure it wasn't finished yet! How generous these guys are huh? That's why I love the cigar community, they are all about sharing what they enjoy with others, it lends itself nicely to my nature as I love to share what I enjoy with others as well.
Good Lord above my humidor is full and I'm heading over to Beersnob's later on to share my new found bounty with him. He helped me with my cigar smoking activities through the rough times and I'm going to return the favor and stock up his humidor today!
This morning I sat out in the yard, watched the sunrise and enjoyed a Rockey Patel robusto to welcome the day!
Friday, March 16, 2012
Opening Night
If you haven't gotten your tickets for Wrong Window tonight or for any of the showings then I urge you to do so! It's a fantastic show and simply hilarious! There are so many Hitchcock references it should be a drinking game!
I'm glad things worked out the way they did and I quit Walmart when I did. Doing tech for this show and my honey is a fun treat. She has made it through a week of tech rehearsals, her first week of work, and survived Daylight Saving Time, along with the help of a lot of coffee.
I'm thirteen and three on probably my best bracket. My other bracket though is fourteen and two. We'll see what today's games hold! I'm enjoying the heck out of the March Madness app! The streaming audio has been really good and smooth! It's pretty amazing, there's practically no buffering at all! Not to shabby for a free app!
So get to the show tonight and treat yourself, it's been a fun show and you'll enjoy the heck out of it!
I'm glad things worked out the way they did and I quit Walmart when I did. Doing tech for this show and my honey is a fun treat. She has made it through a week of tech rehearsals, her first week of work, and survived Daylight Saving Time, along with the help of a lot of coffee.
I'm thirteen and three on probably my best bracket. My other bracket though is fourteen and two. We'll see what today's games hold! I'm enjoying the heck out of the March Madness app! The streaming audio has been really good and smooth! It's pretty amazing, there's practically no buffering at all! Not to shabby for a free app!
So get to the show tonight and treat yourself, it's been a fun show and you'll enjoy the heck out of it!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
The Madness
One of my favorite sporting events of the year starts today! In fact it might be my second favorite. I like fantasy sports first, probably March Madness second, Super Bowl third (mainly because I enjoy fantasy sports more than the actual games anymore) and the two NASCAR races at Bristol.
Everything else is watchable but mainly if I'm in the mood. I'm all for the sports surviving in the sports world though, I just need to be in the mood to watch. Today I've got two brackets going in the work pool, five dollars a bracket and it pays three places. I've won the whole thing once, last time Duke won the championship! I believe I tied for second one time as well.
So today you get to follow all of the first round games, I can do it all on my iPhone. Got the March Madness app and it'll give me live game audio, video if I paid 3.99 for that option but over 3G it'll be worthless, and push updates on scores, close games, buzzer beaters, and of course upsets! Not too shabby for a free app!
Let the madness begin!
Everything else is watchable but mainly if I'm in the mood. I'm all for the sports surviving in the sports world though, I just need to be in the mood to watch. Today I've got two brackets going in the work pool, five dollars a bracket and it pays three places. I've won the whole thing once, last time Duke won the championship! I believe I tied for second one time as well.
So today you get to follow all of the first round games, I can do it all on my iPhone. Got the March Madness app and it'll give me live game audio, video if I paid 3.99 for that option but over 3G it'll be worthless, and push updates on scores, close games, buzzer beaters, and of course upsets! Not too shabby for a free app!
Let the madness begin!
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tech Going Well
We lined out the fireworks effects last night and have all of the lighting and sound effects pretty close. I have to tweak a couple more and that should lock them up for the show. The actors are ready for an audience, they want to get the laughs and know when to pause everything. They are right on and will pitch perfect opening night!
My honey loves her job and is trying to hire two new people to sell ads. She works with Ten now, the former manager of the defunct and dearly departed Oklahoma Storm and also fellow fantasy football owner and competitor. Ten usually puts together a strong team and is one of the teams you really dread to play because somehow they always score a ton of points. But as I've blogged about him before, he's a great guy and fellow conservative and we have enjoyed the occasional political discussion!
It's practically summer out now. Temperatures are in the eighties and I'm starting to believe the easy winter we had is an indication of a harsh summer. Last year was blistering hot but the winter before that was very rough as well.
So now we're going to kick this day off and get things started!
My honey loves her job and is trying to hire two new people to sell ads. She works with Ten now, the former manager of the defunct and dearly departed Oklahoma Storm and also fellow fantasy football owner and competitor. Ten usually puts together a strong team and is one of the teams you really dread to play because somehow they always score a ton of points. But as I've blogged about him before, he's a great guy and fellow conservative and we have enjoyed the occasional political discussion!
It's practically summer out now. Temperatures are in the eighties and I'm starting to believe the easy winter we had is an indication of a harsh summer. Last year was blistering hot but the winter before that was very rough as well.
So now we're going to kick this day off and get things started!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Great First Day At Work
My love had a fantastic first day! She loves her new job! She has her own office and she gets to do what she loves to do! She's going to be super amazing in this job and have a good time doing it!
Tech rehearsal went good and bad. Good because of the actors, they had their lines down and did a great job. Bad because we are still having to retool the fireworks effects and it's just got working as well as we'd like.
We are going to try another technique tonight and see if that works better. Hopefully it'll suffice! We'll see!
Tech rehearsal went good and bad. Good because of the actors, they had their lines down and did a great job. Bad because we are still having to retool the fireworks effects and it's just got working as well as we'd like.
We are going to try another technique tonight and see if that works better. Hopefully it'll suffice! We'll see!
Monday, March 12, 2012
Big Day!
I'm all excited that my honey is going to her first day of work! I hope she's pleasantly SURPRISED and it turns into a CHOCOLATY good day! It's going to be her dream job and even though we've got the start of tech week tonight and it's a traditionally busy week. It's going to be a good week and that's going to start today!
Congratulations to my baby, I'm proud of you, I love you, and I'm so happy for you!
You're going to do great today!
Congratulations to my baby, I'm proud of you, I love you, and I'm so happy for you!
You're going to do great today!
Sunday, March 11, 2012
The Concert
Was really good last night. Cell signal was horrible though. I wrote my blog standing in line and posted it but it didn't make it up!
Heart sounded really good! For Nancy and Ann Wilson, 57 and 61 respectively, they did a great job! The crowd was full up and it was standing room in the back. they did nearly two hours! A ton of their famous songs, including the Swiffer song! Ann was drinking from a mug, hot tea or coffee probably but after one song she did take a shot on stage near the drummer:) got to keep that voice tuned up!
The sound was really good but not overpoweringly loud or distorted. It was a good evening!
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Heart sounded really good! For Nancy and Ann Wilson, 57 and 61 respectively, they did a great job! The crowd was full up and it was standing room in the back. they did nearly two hours! A ton of their famous songs, including the Swiffer song! Ann was drinking from a mug, hot tea or coffee probably but after one song she did take a shot on stage near the drummer:) got to keep that voice tuned up!
The sound was really good but not overpoweringly loud or distorted. It was a good evening!
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In Line For
Heart!
We had a really good set call this morning. Put some polish on the set, got the light cues lined out hopefully. We'll know for sure tomorrow night. A few things here and there to get set for tech week!
So to chill out from set call we decided to take in a concert! Heart is playing at an Indian casino north of Newkirk near the state line. They've been getting good acts through there lately. Up coming shows are George Thoroughgood, Boston, Willie Nelson, New Edition, Shinedown, and others.
There are worse ways to spend a Saturday night with your love!
The gates are about to open!
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We had a really good set call this morning. Put some polish on the set, got the light cues lined out hopefully. We'll know for sure tomorrow night. A few things here and there to get set for tech week!
So to chill out from set call we decided to take in a concert! Heart is playing at an Indian casino north of Newkirk near the state line. They've been getting good acts through there lately. Up coming shows are George Thoroughgood, Boston, Willie Nelson, New Edition, Shinedown, and others.
There are worse ways to spend a Saturday night with your love!
The gates are about to open!
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Friday, March 09, 2012
Great Reharsal
This show still has a week left in rehearsals and it's practically ready for the stage now, tech not withstanding. No one got too lost and everyone was having a good time on stage. That's the mark of a good show, when the actors can have fun with the show and with each other then you know you're going to put on a fun show!
When you dread going to rehearsals, it's a job, and you aren't having any fun at all with the show then you know it just isn't going to be that good despite the show material itself.
All in all I'm glad I have this fun show to work on as my first show back in over half a year!
When you dread going to rehearsals, it's a job, and you aren't having any fun at all with the show then you know it just isn't going to be that good despite the show material itself.
All in all I'm glad I have this fun show to work on as my first show back in over half a year!
Thursday, March 08, 2012
I'm Back
It's great to be back up in the tech booth for a show! Watching my honey on stage is a thrill not many get to witness but I'm one of the lucky few! To be able to see your wife on stage and doing such a good job while having fun is priceless!
I'm glad everything worked out right so I was able to do this show with her! For a while I felt like I would never be able to get back into the booth again, at least for a while longer. Well everything DID work out, although unexpectedly but it happened.
This is one funny show too, I was chuckling up in the booth at most of the lines. I've trained myself not to laugh as it is distracting to the patrons below. We learned long ago they can hear everything we say up there! No kidding, that's a long way up too but they can! Regardless it's funny!
This will be one of those shows that won't get old too fast. I've worked shows where after the first night of tech you are bored with it, that makes for a long run. This one will still be good on closing night. I can tell:)
Good job honey, you are great up there! I'm blessed to be able to watch you the next three weeks on stage!
I'm glad everything worked out right so I was able to do this show with her! For a while I felt like I would never be able to get back into the booth again, at least for a while longer. Well everything DID work out, although unexpectedly but it happened.
This is one funny show too, I was chuckling up in the booth at most of the lines. I've trained myself not to laugh as it is distracting to the patrons below. We learned long ago they can hear everything we say up there! No kidding, that's a long way up too but they can! Regardless it's funny!
This will be one of those shows that won't get old too fast. I've worked shows where after the first night of tech you are bored with it, that makes for a long run. This one will still be good on closing night. I can tell:)
Good job honey, you are great up there! I'm blessed to be able to watch you the next three weeks on stage!
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Doing Good
The warmer weather is having a great effect on my mood. Yeah it's windy as all get out but you get that here. It's just a natural fact that we get tornadoes and wind. However this year the tornadoes are hitting east of us from Alabama north to Indiana. It makes me wonder what we will wind up with this season.
Tomorrow and towards the weekend we'll be having a high chance of slow moving soaker rain. That'll be nice as we are still drought ridden in many places. I put down lots of weed and feed on our yard over the weekend so that'll help kick that off and get it going.
I'm starting to come down after my high of quitting Walmart now. Yesterday was one week and that's plenty of time to stop being giddy, now I'm just thrilled that I get to start tech rehearsal tonight with The Date and Thing 2. Next week is tech week but we are going to get things started a bit earlier as they need light adjustments to get things rehearsed correctly.
Easy enough and I'm glad I get to hang out with my family in the evenings for this:) Sometimes the little things mean the most!
Tomorrow and towards the weekend we'll be having a high chance of slow moving soaker rain. That'll be nice as we are still drought ridden in many places. I put down lots of weed and feed on our yard over the weekend so that'll help kick that off and get it going.
I'm starting to come down after my high of quitting Walmart now. Yesterday was one week and that's plenty of time to stop being giddy, now I'm just thrilled that I get to start tech rehearsal tonight with The Date and Thing 2. Next week is tech week but we are going to get things started a bit earlier as they need light adjustments to get things rehearsed correctly.
Easy enough and I'm glad I get to hang out with my family in the evenings for this:) Sometimes the little things mean the most!
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Tuesday's Here
Work was actually really good yesterday! It's a LOT easier going from work to home rather than from work to work. And before you tell me, "this is another whiny two job blog, I'm not reading!" I really don't know what this blog is about yet but even if it was it's my blog and I reserve the right to post anything:)
I came home after work and I have energy now. I did the dishes, made some pulled pork sandwiches for myself for supper, and watched a little TV. I watched a documentary on the Military channel about an Able Archer wargame that good place in 1983 that nearly brought us to nuclear war with the old Soviet Union. It was a simulated attack from Russia on us and our response.
Back then leaders didn't talk much at all, they allowed the spies to do the talking for them. The paranoid Soviets were positive that we were using this exercise to perform an actual attack on them. Their spies reported that there were no preparations and yet they had their fingers, literally, on the launch button. Three hundred missiles were poised and waiting for the code, submarines were in place, underground silos were opened, and the bombers were in the air.
The fallout of this wargame was that President Reagan decided that if we were going to have missiles aimed at a country then we should talk to them. Those talks eventually brought the USSR to its knees and it fell apart as we all know.
From the brink of nuclear annihilation to a country primed for freedom. Well with new President for life Putin in office who knows what will happen now but the people aren't happy he's there. Sometimes the KGB just won't go away.
I came home after work and I have energy now. I did the dishes, made some pulled pork sandwiches for myself for supper, and watched a little TV. I watched a documentary on the Military channel about an Able Archer wargame that good place in 1983 that nearly brought us to nuclear war with the old Soviet Union. It was a simulated attack from Russia on us and our response.
Back then leaders didn't talk much at all, they allowed the spies to do the talking for them. The paranoid Soviets were positive that we were using this exercise to perform an actual attack on them. Their spies reported that there were no preparations and yet they had their fingers, literally, on the launch button. Three hundred missiles were poised and waiting for the code, submarines were in place, underground silos were opened, and the bombers were in the air.
The fallout of this wargame was that President Reagan decided that if we were going to have missiles aimed at a country then we should talk to them. Those talks eventually brought the USSR to its knees and it fell apart as we all know.
From the brink of nuclear annihilation to a country primed for freedom. Well with new President for life Putin in office who knows what will happen now but the people aren't happy he's there. Sometimes the KGB just won't go away.
Monday, March 05, 2012
Cabaret Performance
For those of you that don't have Facebook and read my blog anyway I'd like to show you my wife's cabaret performance! Piano Genius was on fire that night! They both put on a set of Ray Charles, Etta James, Otis Redding and others I don't know! It's a long set, nearly forty five minutes but if you like the blues you'll enjoy this!
One week from today my honey starts her new job! She was going to start today but her new boss said come on in the following Monday. Thing 1 has some doctor appointments this week to follow up from her hospital stay so it's going to work for the best this way.
She's been so excited all weekend, myself as well. We'll finally get to be that family that comes home at roughly the same time and can spend the evenings together! That's for the first time since before we were married. A real normal family because our times haven't meshed before. She's worked a lot of night jobs or had class while everyone knows about the last seven months of what I've done since I've hit that over the head a bajillion times here!
It's going to be a bright (bright) bright (bright) sunshiny day!
One week from today my honey starts her new job! She was going to start today but her new boss said come on in the following Monday. Thing 1 has some doctor appointments this week to follow up from her hospital stay so it's going to work for the best this way.
She's been so excited all weekend, myself as well. We'll finally get to be that family that comes home at roughly the same time and can spend the evenings together! That's for the first time since before we were married. A real normal family because our times haven't meshed before. She's worked a lot of night jobs or had class while everyone knows about the last seven months of what I've done since I've hit that over the head a bajillion times here!
It's going to be a bright (bright) bright (bright) sunshiny day!
Sunday, March 04, 2012
And For The Good Times
So today I've decided it's going to be the first smoke of 2012 for the Big Green Egg!
Two, giant pork shoulders or Boston Butt roasts. They will sit, unmolested in the Egg for hours, absorbing a delicious mixture of hickory and maple smoke! The connective tissue breaking down slowly over time to leave gloriously flavored meat!
A porky, smoky, slice of heaven pulled and chopped into tiny pieces and slathered with sauce and love on a bun! Thus today I'm babysitting my ceramic smoker outside, enjoying the warm breezes and wafts of pork flavored smoke!
With God above as my witness today is a good day!
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Two, giant pork shoulders or Boston Butt roasts. They will sit, unmolested in the Egg for hours, absorbing a delicious mixture of hickory and maple smoke! The connective tissue breaking down slowly over time to leave gloriously flavored meat!
A porky, smoky, slice of heaven pulled and chopped into tiny pieces and slathered with sauce and love on a bun! Thus today I'm babysitting my ceramic smoker outside, enjoying the warm breezes and wafts of pork flavored smoke!
With God above as my witness today is a good day!
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Saturday, March 03, 2012
Ok, To Sum Up This Week
In one single word would be FABINCREDIBOUSTIC!
First it started off like any other week, on a Monday. I don't mind Mondays, they are good days actually. You can never ever have a week without it starting off with a Monday. That's fine, a rose by any other name would smell like Friday, or something like that.
Walmart was Walmart. No biggie, it was busy but they had left a guy off of the schedule so we were short handed. They say it was a scheduling mistake but the guy who wasn't scheduled decided it was time for a week long, non paid vacation anyway. Completely understandable since he had only been working less than two months and this was his first job in two and a half years. Not sure how he went as long as he did without a vacation! Poor guy.
Back to the story, short handed in produce. Tuesday and Wednesday are scheduled days off for Burgie (with a J sound) and that left me, by myself for the remainder of my schedule. So for the rest of how that night went you can refer back to Tuesday night's blog.
I've literally been giddy ever since that moment!
So Wednesday morning rolls around and The Date had a job interview, she called me and was excited about it. We talked and it would be a good job but not a great job due to the money. But a great job due to the work and how fun it'd be. So we were genuinely excited for the prospect and potential!
Thursday rolls around and R comes in from out of town for cabaret on Friday night and to decompress a bit! Always great hosting him! The Date turns in her resume to a local radio station that's looking for a sales and marketing director. They literally call her back in two and a half hours after that to ask her to interview the next morning, Friday morning.
She is giddy excited all night and the next morning! Along with cabaret that night it's a good day anyway and we were excited about that evening! So she interviews at ten thirty that morning, eleven rolls around and I text her to call me when she gets finished. Then eleven forty five rolls around and she calls!
THEY HIRED HER ON THE SPOT! Her dream job! She coordinates events and sales now! Incredible job and all of a sudden all of the hard work and bad breaks we've had over the past three years just kind of faded away! She looked at me last night and said she felt like she was dreaming!
Well we woke up this morning and she was still hired and still had her dream job! We are so excited about this, it's going to be an amazing opportunity for her and us!
Cabaret went amazingly well, Piano Genius and my baby put on one heck of a set! They were nonstop great! Hot, sultry, and very good, note perfect and killed the audience last night! They were on fire!
Oh and as the sprinkles on the already massive sized cake of goodness we had yesterday, we also got our tax return:) God is good and His blessings poured out on us yesterday!
First it started off like any other week, on a Monday. I don't mind Mondays, they are good days actually. You can never ever have a week without it starting off with a Monday. That's fine, a rose by any other name would smell like Friday, or something like that.
Walmart was Walmart. No biggie, it was busy but they had left a guy off of the schedule so we were short handed. They say it was a scheduling mistake but the guy who wasn't scheduled decided it was time for a week long, non paid vacation anyway. Completely understandable since he had only been working less than two months and this was his first job in two and a half years. Not sure how he went as long as he did without a vacation! Poor guy.
Back to the story, short handed in produce. Tuesday and Wednesday are scheduled days off for Burgie (with a J sound) and that left me, by myself for the remainder of my schedule. So for the rest of how that night went you can refer back to Tuesday night's blog.
I've literally been giddy ever since that moment!
So Wednesday morning rolls around and The Date had a job interview, she called me and was excited about it. We talked and it would be a good job but not a great job due to the money. But a great job due to the work and how fun it'd be. So we were genuinely excited for the prospect and potential!
Thursday rolls around and R comes in from out of town for cabaret on Friday night and to decompress a bit! Always great hosting him! The Date turns in her resume to a local radio station that's looking for a sales and marketing director. They literally call her back in two and a half hours after that to ask her to interview the next morning, Friday morning.
She is giddy excited all night and the next morning! Along with cabaret that night it's a good day anyway and we were excited about that evening! So she interviews at ten thirty that morning, eleven rolls around and I text her to call me when she gets finished. Then eleven forty five rolls around and she calls!
THEY HIRED HER ON THE SPOT! Her dream job! She coordinates events and sales now! Incredible job and all of a sudden all of the hard work and bad breaks we've had over the past three years just kind of faded away! She looked at me last night and said she felt like she was dreaming!
Well we woke up this morning and she was still hired and still had her dream job! We are so excited about this, it's going to be an amazing opportunity for her and us!
Cabaret went amazingly well, Piano Genius and my baby put on one heck of a set! They were nonstop great! Hot, sultry, and very good, note perfect and killed the audience last night! They were on fire!
Oh and as the sprinkles on the already massive sized cake of goodness we had yesterday, we also got our tax return:) God is good and His blessings poured out on us yesterday!
Friday, March 02, 2012
Even Better Day!
Last night after work I got to pick up Thing 2 from orchestra rehearsal and then we came home to grab some food. The Date was at rehearsal for cabaret and Wrong Window so we had an evening to get some things caught up that have fallen behind since I was working all the time.
So we headed to Atwoods and got some gardening and lawn care supplies. Oh, and some oddball cokes. Thing 2 got some orange cream, I got a strawberry crush and some butterscotch root beer. All in glass bottles!
I can say this as well and it helped contribute to the incredible mood of the night, Walmart paid up! So after Atwoods we travel to the mall and Thing 2 gets a couple of pairs of footwear. Some dress boots and some heels for cabaret tonight. I drop in at Hastings and pick up Hank 3's Ghost to a Ghost (Very spooky, ghostly, gothic album) on sale! It's either a five star or one star album, just depends on you. There's not a lot of middle ground with him as I've blogged before. While I'm doing this Thing 2 is getting a dress at Ross for tonight. She found a great one!
Then we head home for the evening with all of our supplies and footwear. The Date arrives back home soon with some incredible news, another job interview this morning!!! My great night has gotten better again! I had a hard time wiping the grin off of my face all day and especially in the evening!
So I wake up this morning and I'm still happy! Tomorrow will be the start of my first weekend off since August! Yes, in nearly seven months I'll finally have a full weekend! I've been miserable so long with the two job thing I really didn't realize it after a while. I had no idea how bad I really felt, how angry I had gotten.
I knew I was worn out and constantly tired. Now I feel like I could run a marathon on my mood alone!
So we headed to Atwoods and got some gardening and lawn care supplies. Oh, and some oddball cokes. Thing 2 got some orange cream, I got a strawberry crush and some butterscotch root beer. All in glass bottles!
I can say this as well and it helped contribute to the incredible mood of the night, Walmart paid up! So after Atwoods we travel to the mall and Thing 2 gets a couple of pairs of footwear. Some dress boots and some heels for cabaret tonight. I drop in at Hastings and pick up Hank 3's Ghost to a Ghost (Very spooky, ghostly, gothic album) on sale! It's either a five star or one star album, just depends on you. There's not a lot of middle ground with him as I've blogged before. While I'm doing this Thing 2 is getting a dress at Ross for tonight. She found a great one!
Then we head home for the evening with all of our supplies and footwear. The Date arrives back home soon with some incredible news, another job interview this morning!!! My great night has gotten better again! I had a hard time wiping the grin off of my face all day and especially in the evening!
So I wake up this morning and I'm still happy! Tomorrow will be the start of my first weekend off since August! Yes, in nearly seven months I'll finally have a full weekend! I've been miserable so long with the two job thing I really didn't realize it after a while. I had no idea how bad I really felt, how angry I had gotten.
I knew I was worn out and constantly tired. Now I feel like I could run a marathon on my mood alone!
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Still Happy
Yesterday I felt like a prisoner with his first day of freedom after being released from jail. I was giddy all day long. This morning I'm a bit upset as my Walmart check didn't get deposited. This was for the two weeks prior to this week. It was worked, I got my deposit numbers texted to me, and now no money!
I'm going to be calling someone today and I'm getting paid.
With that one aside, yesterday was a great day for all involved! The Date had a great day and obviously so did I! I called the produce section and asked to talk to Pam, the department manager. She was always nice and I wanted to tell her I had quit as she probably didn't know.
Well turns out the lady that works 4 am to 1 pm was the only one there, everyone else had called in! That meant that after she went home at 1 NO ONE was going to be there until 4 am again this morning! I can only imagine how mad the managers were with ChristinA about her temper. I could only hope they put her in that section to do the work I would have done:) Likely fantasy but still a pleasant thought.
I'm going to be calling someone today and I'm getting paid.
With that one aside, yesterday was a great day for all involved! The Date had a great day and obviously so did I! I called the produce section and asked to talk to Pam, the department manager. She was always nice and I wanted to tell her I had quit as she probably didn't know.
Well turns out the lady that works 4 am to 1 pm was the only one there, everyone else had called in! That meant that after she went home at 1 NO ONE was going to be there until 4 am again this morning! I can only imagine how mad the managers were with ChristinA about her temper. I could only hope they put her in that section to do the work I would have done:) Likely fantasy but still a pleasant thought.
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